布衣之声

Permit me to observe:

The late emperor was taken from us before he could finish his life's work, the restoration of the Han. Today, the empire is still divided in three, and our very survival is threatened. Yet still, the officials at court and the soldiers throughout the realm remain loyal to you, your majesty. Because they remember the late emperor, all of them, and they wish to repay his kindness in service to you. This is the moment to extend your divine influence, to honor the memory of the late Emperor and strengthen the morale of your officers. It is not the time to listen to bad advice or close your ears to the suggestions of loyal men.

The emperors of the Western Han chose their courtiers wisely, and their dynasty flourished. The emperors of the Eastern Han chose poorly, and they doomed the empire to ruin. Whenever the late Emperor discussed this problem with me, he lamented the failings of Emperors Huan and Ling.

I began as a common man, farming in my fields in Nanyang, doing what I could to survive in an age of chaos. I never had any interest in making a name for myself as a noble. The late Emperor was not ashamed to visit my cottage and seek my advice. Grateful for his regard, I responded to his appeal and threw myself into his service. Now twenty-one years have passed.

The late Emperor always appreciated my caution and, in his final days, entrusted me with his cause. Since that moment, I have been tormented day and night by the fear that I might let him down. That is why I crossed the Lu river at the height of summer and entered the wastelands beyond. Now the south has been subdued, and our forces are fully armed. I should lead our soldiers to conquer the northern heartland and attempt to remove the hateful traitors, restore the house of Han, and return it to the former capital. This is the way I mean to honor my debt to the late Emperor and fulfill my duty to you.

My only desire is to be permitted to drive out the traitors and restore the Han. If I let you down, punish my offense and report it to the spirit of the late Emperor. Your Majesty, consider your course of action carefully. Seeking out the good advice, and never forget the last words of the last Emperor. I depart now on a long expedition, and I will be forever grateful if you heed my advice.

Blinded by my own tears, I know not that I write.

Permit me to observe:

The late emperor was taken from us before he could finish his life's work, the restoration of the Han. Today, the empire is still divided in three, and our very survival is threatened. Yet still, the officials at court and the soldiers throughout the realm remain loyal to you, your majesty. Because they remember the late emperor, all of them, and they wish to repay his kindness in service to you. This is the moment to extend your divine influence, to honor the memory of the late Emperor and strengthen the morale of your officers. It is not the time to listen to bad advice or close your ears to the suggestions of loyal men.

The emperors of the Western Han chose their courtiers wisely, and their dynasty flourished. The emperors of the Eastern Han chose poorly, and they doomed the empire to ruin. Whenever the late Emperor discussed this problem with me, he lamented the failings of Emperors Huan and Ling.

I began as a common man, farming in my fields in Nanyang, doing what I could to survive in an age of chaos. I never had any interest in making a name for myself as a noble. The late Emperor was not ashamed to visit my cottage and seek my advice. Grateful for his regard, I responded to his appeal and threw myself into his service. Now twenty-one years have passed.

The late Emperor always appreciated my caution and, in his final days, entrusted me with his cause. Since that moment, I have been tormented day and night by the fear that I might let him down. That is why I crossed the Lu river at the height of summer and entered the wastelands beyond. Now the south has been subdued, and our forces are fully armed. I should lead our soldiers to conquer the northern heartland and attempt to remove the hateful traitors, restore the house of Han, and return it to the former capital. This is the way I mean to honor my debt to the late Emperor and fulfill my duty to you.

My only desire is to be permitted to drive out the traitors and restore the Han. If I let you down, punish my offense and report it to the spirit of the late Emperor. Your Majesty, consider your course of action carefully. Seeking out the good advice, and never forget the last words of the last Emperor. I depart now on a long expedition, and I will be forever grateful if you heed my advice.

Blinded by my own tears, I know not that I write.

A Stone In My Heart

Author: Li Zhongqi
Tr Lingnanbuyi
Voice: Lingnanbuyi

There was not
A stone in my heart
Who put it there?
And it has become
Bigger and bigger

Suddenly a heavy feeling
Struck my heart
As if the whole life
Were to be crushed
I tried my best to stand it
But I couldn’t help asking
Heavens, what's wrong with me

When morning exercises
Someboday told me
To learn to face calmly
Just like a sentence in the book
Mind needs nourishing

A calligrapher told me
To wash my heart in a clear pool
And Beethoven told me with music
People can ever be beaten down

All these words are good and helpful
But the stone is still there

"All who work hard to bear the burden of..."
Unload your burdens under the cross
I fell down and listened to the words of comfort
Tears of joy
Broke the stone dam
My soul get the scour
And when I stood up
The stone in my heart
Disappeared miraculously[mɪ'rækjələslɪ]

My wife copied a painting by Van Gogh
----The way to the church
Hanging in my house
The man in the picture is taking firm steps
Not caring about the change of seasons

I gazed at her, and again
As if the figure in the painting
Were me
Not her any more

Breaking Distance With Love

Author Shixianzi

Meeting you
No more forgetting
Unexpectedly
This is the quantum fate

Meeting you
An affection dances
Fearing to tear apart
Unexpectedly
This is quantum bosom friend

Meeting you
A telepathy strikes me
Unexpectedly
This is quantum love

Meeting you
Comes the persistence
Unexpectedly
This is quantum entanglement

Meeting you
The wave particle proves true
Unexpectedly
This is the intimacy
Of two souls encounter

And all these
Mysterious paths that can not be sought
Unexpectedly
Interpret the attraction of the magnetic field
Which we can break
The distance with love

陪伴，是最长情的告白……

作者 北尘

时光如绣，岁月结茧，曾经认为最美好的总
是与现实南辕北辙。尽管这样，这流云般的
日子还是要继续，哪怕是行到山穷水尽，
哪怕是不会有柳暗花明……

这些年一直游离于文字的边缘，也一直以门外汉那种低到尘埃的姿态，纠结着，沦陷着，内心深处总是有一根敏感又脆弱的神经。它无条件就能被深情的文字所触动，一贫如洗的我不用准备也能投入到那些故事的角色中，悲喜着，感念着……那一个个单一枯燥的字码，被人们以自己的方式按自己的意愿堆砌之后，就活了色也生了香，每一篇都把思想表达的风声水起，把故事演绎的淋漓尽致。我爱好文字，更欣赏能写出打动读者心扉文字的原创者。都说女人是感性的，那么喜欢文字的女人是不是加个更字？如果说文字是我一生摆脱不了的桎梏，我乐意！

当岁月无情地拽着我们的身体一路向下狂奔，深深知道我们为了成长所付出的代价以及岁月雕刻在我们身上的痕迹。坐在中年的门楣上，仰首回望，俯首思量，诚然觉得中年岁月才是人生里最美的华年。它沉淀的不仅仅是淡然的心境，人情的历练还有对世事的洞明，挥洒自如的是内敛的修养与成稳，豪迈不羁中隐透着韵味和雅致。心智的成熟稳重越发让我们认知成人的世界里没有永恒。无论是童真还是青葱，无论是容颜还是身材，只要是曾经存在过美好，又何 需抱憾。生命都如同惊鸿一瞥，还奢求什么？席慕容说：我喜欢这将暮未暮的人生，在这时候，所有的故事都已成型，而结局尚未来临。这样的话怎能不让我欣喜若狂？如果说生活让我典当了最好的时光，我无悔！

回首，我认为是很甜蜜的一个词。一个人如果可以愉悦的回忆过去，就相当于活了两辈子。在变化莫测的环境里保持不变的初衷，虽然周遭的世界是凉薄的，但一定要保证深情地活着。缘分是一本书，自始至终贯穿了每一天，亲情友情爱情，冥冥中注定的相遇和分离，我都相信。总有一种爱，无关婚姻，却温暖，想起，必是深刻！总有一种情，无关风月，却静好，遇到，唯求简单！亲人无私的爱哪怕是含着泪，也微笑，那是生命里最难舍的牵绊！知己的懂得，虽然天涯海角，那也是心与心相惜的无语感知。爱在路上，从未忘记我的修行。既然是感情，无论是哪一种，都注定了不公平。如果情感是此生无法预料和割舍的牵绊，我感恩！我觉得，生命以现在的方式存在，只是延续的其中一种，生离死别是我们不可避免预知的，而必须面对的一门功课。有的人消失在生活中，却扎根在心底深处，供我们缅怀，而有的人活在现实里却消失在心里，供我们遗忘！其实这一生真的不长，何不活得漂亮点，纠结什么执着什么，在生死面前，都是小事！当生命之树又画上了一轮印记，却更安于了平和，并不是大风大浪看透了，而是生命之花更接近了至臻。如果说终点是随时都可以到来的过程，我坦然！

生活，不在别处，在于内心！一纸流年，可以泼墨江山如画，也可以处处留白沉淀，可圈可点，无怨无求！
淡淡地，守住做人之本色，生活需要平静简单！

与这尘世，甘苦担当，再拥有一份拈花微笑的姿态，如此，就好！

乡 愁


--致余光中



作者∣水墨 诵读∣岭南布衣




诗人走了
乡愁还在
多少的叹息
多少的怊惆
萦绕在心头

天堂的路有多远
一张小小的邮票
可否把致意送达
还是托海鸥
转达我们的问候

或许可以买一张船票
乘坐
顺着季风漂流
把诗人的那首乡愁
张挂在帆的上头

诗人已经走远
他的坟墓上头
放满了鲜花
小小的鲜花里头
凝聚着亲友的哀愁

诗人的坟墓在那头
他的根在这头
一弯浅浅的海峡
承载着浓浓的乡愁
日夜在奔流

1 千里之行,始于足下。
The longest journey begins with the first step.

2 伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒。
Rome was not built in a day.

3 一寸光阴一寸金,寸今难买寸光阴。
Lost years are worse than lost dollars.

4 台上一分钟,台下十年功。
One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage. 

5 酒好不怕巷子深。
Good wine needs no bush.

6 英雄所见略同。
Great minds think alike.

7 集思广益。
Two heads are better than one.

8 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志。
A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.

9 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量。
Judge not a book by its cover.

10 有情人终成眷属。
All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill.

11 时不我待。
Time and tide wait for no man.

12 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
A young idler, an old beggar.

13 世上无难事,只要肯登攀。
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

14 众人拾柴火焰高。
Many hands make light work.

15 不经风雨,怎能见彩虹。
No cross, no crown.

做人淡而久香 不争 不俗

文字∣网络 诵读∣岭南布衣


生活不是战场，无需一较高下。人与人之间，多一份理解就会少一些误会；心与心之间，多一份包容，就会少一些纷争。
不要以自己的眼光和认知去评论一个人，判断一件事的对错。不要苛求别人的观点与你相同，不要期望别人能完全理解你，每个人都有自己的性格和观点。

人往往把自己看得过重才会患得患失，觉得别人必须理解自己。其实，人要看轻自己，少一些自我，多一些换位，才能心生快乐。所谓心有多大，快乐就有多少；包容越多，得到越多。

不要背后说人，不要在意被说。一无是处的人没得可说，越是出色的人越会被人说。世间没有不被评论的事，也没有不被评说的人。


别人的嘴我们无法去控制，但我们可以抱一颗淡然的心去看一切纷扰。心静才能听到万物的声音，心清才能看到万物的本质。

沉淀自己的心，静观事态变迁。与人相处，需要讲究方式方法。有些事，需忍，勿怒；有些人，需让，勿究。

嘴上吃些亏又何妨，让他三分又如何。人人都需要被尊重，人人都渴望被理解。水深不语，人稳不言。学会淡下性子，学会忍住怒气面对不满。
事事不能太精，太精无路；待人不能太苛，太苛无友。懂得退让，方显大气；知道包容，方显大度。



己之短，不可藏，越藏越短；己之长，不可扬，越扬越少。得意时莫炫，失意时莫馁。花无百日红，人无百日衰，三分靠运，七分靠己，努力过就好，尽了心就行，结果不是最终的目的，过程的体会，才是最真的感悟。

凡事不求十分，只求尽心；万事不讲圆满，只求尽力。

有些事，努力一把才知道成绩，奋斗一下才知道自己的潜能。花淡故雅，水淡故真，人淡故纯。做人需淡，淡而久香。不争、不谄、不艳、不俗。
淡中真滋味，淡中有真香。心若无恙，奈我何其；人若不恋，奈你何伤。痛苦缘于比较，烦恼缘于心。



淡定，故不伤；淡然，故不恼。欲望是壶里沸腾的水，人心是杯子里的茶，水因为火的热量而沸腾，心因为杯体的清凉而不惊。当欲望遇凉，沉淀于心，便不烦，不恼。

不要嘲笑他人的努力，不要轻视他人的成绩。每个人的价值不同，无需对任何人不屑。在你眼中的无用价值，未必真的无用。不轻一人，不废一物。

以一颗谦卑心，看身边人；以一颗恭敬心，看身边事。

简约风节日礼盒场景

他人总有你看不到的优点，也总有你发现不了的价值，无需对他人的努力评头论足。

尺有所短，寸有所长，世间没有十全十美的人。合理发挥自己的长处，好好学习别人的优点，才能更好地完善自身。

是是非非，纷纷扰扰，不看、不听、不想，就能心生清静。有时，烦恼不是因为别人伤害了你，而是因为你太在意。

爱心组成的玫瑰花

有些事无需计较，时间会证明一切；有些人无需去看，道不同不相为谋。世间事，世人度；人间理，人自悟。面对伤害，微微一笑是豁达；面对辱骂，不去理会是一种超凡。

忍耐不是懦弱，而是宽容；退让不是无能，而是大度。“计较”生是非，“无视”己清静。愿人生如水坦然！


岭南布衣，本名张建华， 河南人，毕业于兰州大学外国语学院英美语言文学专业，现居广东湛江，任职于广东海洋大学国际交流与合作处。大象无形微信公号创始人，大象无形朗诵团奠基人。喜欢中西文化尤其国学，诗歌创作和朗诵以及视频制作。曾长期担任单位晚会节目主持。现为湛江诗社会员，作品散见于朋友诗集《燕南诗集》和湛江诗社创办的《海东文艺》以及《中国诗影响》。

找一个供养你灵魂的人


作者：桃园野菊　


活到一定年龄，忽然就感觉灵魂苏醒，忽然就想要向内求索，忽然就觉得没有比走在熙熙攘攘的人海中更令人落寞与空虚的，总感觉众生喧哗，游离不定的灵魂无处安放。

毕淑敏说，所谓幸福，就是灵魂的成就。周国平说，所谓人生的圆满，就是把命照看好，将灵魂安顿好。我也相信，幸福的人幸福的滋味是相似的，人与人之间最大的不同，就在于灵魂与灵魂的区别，如果一个人能够将命照顾好，还能去完善和丰富灵魂，那么他的人生就应当是完整无悔的。

我始终觉得，美好的人之所以美好，并非有如花般的俏颜，因为花总有凋零时，而是因为有一颗纯善的灵魂，有一颗干净的内心，有一双清澈的眼睛；幸福的人之所以幸福，并非拥得丰富的物质，而是灵魂得以自由飞翔，心灵得以恣意舞蹈。

何处是飘乎不定的灵魂安放的地方，何处是漂泊失所的灵魂靠岸的港湾？其实，一个灵犀相通的爱人足以慰寄风尘，一份坚定的信仰足以聊慰心灵，一处安静的庭院足以寄放流离失所的灵魂，甚至一朵花，一株草，一片镶嵌着时光印记的青苔，都足够暂寄一颗支离破碎的心。

当灵魂真正被唤醒，生命才能显得格外葳蕤与澎湃；当生命内在的光芒真正被激发，纵算天空没有月亮，心中也会一片皎洁。

一直深信，人最高级的化妆是灵魂的优雅，而灵魂的高贵与美丽必然源自于爱的供养与滋润，而寄放灵魂最安妥最幸福的地方，莫过于爱人的臂弯以及心房。

多想，以最纯情的目光，以最深情的眷恋，把这一生过得如天地清明，把每一个日子过得寡淡笃定，把每一份善念与热情洒满畅想的心岸，让灵魂如白莲花纯然不染纤尘。

多想，能在日将暖花将开的早春遇见你，如此，我是不是就可以将每一天视作春天来过，我是不是就可以发现镜子里的自己一天比一天美，我是不是就可以与你共朝朝又暮暮，度过这冷暖参半的一生？

我们都知道，每个人都有一个死角，把最深沉的秘密藏在那里；每个人都有不为人知的伤口，把最殷红的鲜血涂在那里；每个人都有微笑背后的眼泪，把最心酸的委屈汇在那里；每个人亦都有一腔熊熊燃烧的烈焰，把最灸热的柔情放在那里。

而，这样的死角唯有懂得的人才能走进，这样的伤口唯有相爱的人才能治愈，这样的眼泪只有心爱的人才能拨动，这样的烈焰只有灵魂相似的人才能点燃。

如果有一天，你能够像花儿那样盛开，像草儿那样无争，像鸟儿那样歌唱，那么，你必定是找到了灵魂深处的共鸣，必定是觅到了灵魂栖息安放的地方，而这个地方必定是爱的皈依之处，或许是一份激发性灵的喜好，或许是一个相知相惜的爱人。

人活一世，生命太匆匆，愿你将命照看好，将灵魂安顿好；愿你找到一个供养你灵魂的人，陪你立黄昏，问你粥可温，懂你从青丝窈窕到迟暮耄耋……